Biography
Jun Liu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Data and Systems Engineering at The University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining HKU, he worked in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor starting in 2019 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2024. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 2016 and his B.E. in Automation and B.S. in Economics from Shandong University in 2008. He received his postdoctoral training at the Dalio Institute of Cardiovascular Imaging at Cornell University, where he conducted research on medical robotics and advanced imaging technologies.
His research has been recognized at flagship robotics and automation conferences, earning multiple awards, including the Best Student Paper Award and Best Medical Robotics Paper Finalist Award at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (IEEE ICRA) in 2014, the Gaitech Best Paper in Robotics Award at the IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation (IEEE ICIA) in 2016, and the Best New Application Award from IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE TASE) in 2018.
Past Experiences
2024-present Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong
2019-2024 Associate/Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong
2017-2019 Postdoc, Cornell University
2011-2016 Ph.D., University of Toronto
2004-2011 B.Eng. in Automation & B.Sc. in Economics, Shandong University
Editorial & Committee Services
- Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
- Associate Editor of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
- Associate Editor of IEEE CASE 2024
- Associate Editor of IEEE ICRA 2024
- Associate Editor of IEEE ROBIO 2024
- Associate Editor of IEEE ICUR (International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots) 2020
- Guest Editor, Microsystems and Nanoengineering.
- Guest Editor, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, and Micromachines.
- Finance Chair of IEEE International Conferences on Nano/Micro Engineered & Molecular Systems, Zhuhai, 2025
- Organizing Chair of IEEE International Conferences on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Bangkok, Thailand, 2024
- Finance Chair of IEEE International Conference on Advances Robotics and its Social Impact (ARSO), Hong Kong, 2024
- Organizing Chair for International Conference on Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics, Linzhi, China, 2024
- Junior Program Committee Member for IEEE ICRA2024, Yokohama, Japan
- Video Committee Chair and Program Committee Member for IEEE ICRA2021, Xi’an, China
- Program Committee for MARSS conference
- Award Committee for IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Dali, China 2019
- Treasurer, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, Hong Kong Chapter, 2023-2025
Invited Talks
- Keynote talk at the 6th Annual Conference of China Robotics Society （CCRS2025 第六届中国机器人学术年会）, “From single-cell manipulation to minimally invasive intervention: Advances in multiscale robotics and automation technology”《从单细胞操作到微创介入: 多尺度机器人与自动化技术进展》, Changsha, China, 08/2025
- Plenary talk at the 15th IEEE International Conference on CYBER Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems (IEEE CYBER2025), “Multi-scale robotic and automated systems for advanced healthcare”, Shanghai, China, 07/2025
- Keynote talk at the 20th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered & Molecular Systems (IEEE NEMS2025), “Multi-scale robotic and automated systems for advanced healthcare”, Zhuhai, China, 05/2025
- Plenary talk at the 2024 National Conference on High-Performance Intelligent Assembly (2024年全国高性能智能装配学术年会), Suzhou, China, 11/2024
- Forum speaker at The 13th China Industrial Engineering Annual Conference, Zhuhai, China, 11/2024
- Plenary Talk at The 12th International Symposium of Computer Numerical Control Machining (CNCM2024), Dalian, China, 08/2024
- Invited Talk at Dalian University of Technology, Advances in Near-Field Actuation for Microrobotics, Dalian, China, 27/05/2025
- Invited Talk at the Shenyang Institute of Automation (SIA), the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Advances in Micromanipulation of cells and Near-Field Actuation for Microrobotics, Shenyang, China, 26/05/2025
- Guest Lecture, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), 11/2023
- Invited Talk, “Multi-scale robotic and automated systems for advanced healthcare”, Research Seminar, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, 11/2023.
- Invited Talk, “Multi-scale robotic and automation for advanced healthcare”, Research Seminar, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 09/2023.
- Invited Talk, “Multi-scale robotic systems for advanced healthcare”, Research Seminar, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NC State University, 02/2019.
- Invited Talk, “Multi-scale robotic systems for biological cell analysis and manipulation”, Research Seminar, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 11/2018
- Invited Talk, “Multi-scale robotic systems for advanced healthcare”, Research Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 02/2019.
- Invited Talk, “Multi-scale robotic systems for advanced healthcare”, Research Seminar, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Louisiana State University, 02/2019.
- Invited Talk, “Multi-scale robotic systems for advanced healthcare”, Research Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 03/2019.
- Invited Talk, “Multi-scale robotic systems for advanced healthcare”, Research Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, 02/2018.
- Invited Talk, “From Life Origins to the Heart: Medical Robotic Systems for Advanced Healthcare”, Research Seminar, Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 11/2017.
- Invited Talk, “Microrobotic systems for automated IVF applications”, Research Seminar, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, 05/2016
- Invited Talk, “Microrobotic systems for biological cell analysis and manipulation”, Research Seminar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University, 03/2016
- Invited Talk, “Robotic Micromanipulation of Biological Cells”, Research Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Florida, 02/2016